1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index b0e87cd54..b2943a8de 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int do_match_wild(const char *pattern, const char *str, int docase)
     char c;
     const char *s;
 
-    if (!str || !*str) { 
+    if (!str || !*str || !pattern || !*pattern) { 
 	return 0;
      }